費歐娜的來信漸漸減少了。

Letters from Fiona came gradually less and less.

Fiona's letters gradually came less and less.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Fèi surname Fei
=1 fèi
  1. to cost
  2. to spend
  3. fee
  4. wasteful
  5. expenses
=1
  1. (historical) alternative form of /𰻳 (bì, name of an ancient county in the State of Lu)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of /𰻳 (bì, name of an ancient county in the State of Lu)
=1
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (fú, “to transgress; to violate; to infringe”)
  2. alternative form of (fú, “to transgress; to violate; to infringe”)
=2 Ōu
  1. Europe (abbr. for 歐洲 Ōuzhōu)
  2. surname Ou
=2 ōu
  1. (used for transliteration)
  2. old variant of ōu
=3
  1. (phonetic na)
  2. used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜 Ān or Diana 黛安娜 Dàiān
=3 nuó
  1. elegant
  2. graceful
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 來信 láixìn
  1. incoming letter
  2. to send us a letter
6 漸漸 jiànjiàn gradually
7 減少 jiǎnshǎo to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào